Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Several layers of scrap metal with ragged edges laid over top of each other. Oxidation has occurred on them producing varying red, green and brown colors on the surfaces.

Jul 1, 2024

Complex alloys reacting with oxygen paves way for better alloys

Complex alloys incorporate multiple metals or other principal elements, giving them desirable properties for a range of modern applications in aerospace and beyond– but their complex nature does not necessarily mean they do not rust or fail over time. A new study provides a deeper understanding of how oxidation occurs in these complex alloys.

diagram shows infrared light passing through an oxide membrane

Jun 13, 2024

Researchers demonstrate new way to ‘squeeze’ infrared light

The thin-film membranes confine infrared light far better than bulk crystals, which are the established technology for infrared light confinement.

Martin Seifrid with arms folding and smiling, stands in front of lab equipment. The framework of the workstation behind him is painted a medium blue.

Jun 7, 2024

Martin Seifrid wins Scialog Funding for automated laboratories

Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, and the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation have made awards to seven multidisciplinary teams of early career researchers in the first year of Scialog: Automating Chemical Laboratories, a three-year initiative that aims to accelerate innovation and broaden access within the chemical enterprise through advances in automated instrumentation and artificial intelligence.

Jacori Hayes, wearing a graduation cap and gown, smlles while posing for a photo on a soccer field. A large scoreboard is behind him in the background.

May 24, 2024

Nanoengineering master’s alum and NC Courage midfielder Jacori Hayes touts distance MSE graduate program

In life, it’s natural to question if you’re truly where you’re meant to be. NC State MSE graduate alum and North Carolina FC midfielder Jacori Hayes was certain that in early May of 2024 that he was.

May 9, 2024

Engineering faculty members among those recognized for excellence

The Celebration of Faculty Excellence is held each spring to recognize outstanding faculty who have received prestigious state, national and international awards, accolades or other distinctions during this academic year. This year, NC State honored 41 faculty members during the 2024 Celebration of Faculty Excellence on April 30.

View of NC State belltower as viewed framed by several trees in the foreground and a bright blue sky behind.

May 2, 2024

Oralkan, Augustyn receive Alcoa research awards

Omer Oralkan, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Veronica Augustyn, associate professor and Jake & Jennifer Hooks Distinguished Scholar in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, have been honored for their research work by NC State’s College of Engineering with Alcoa Foundation Awards.

JaiShaun Boyd, left, holds SciBridge project. He is with two other students in a lab.

May 1, 2024

JaiShaun Boyd did everything he could to make the most of his time at NC State

Working through grief after losing his older brother, he started to pursue opportunities that led him to his next stop: graduate school in Oregon.

Image of Justin Schwartz on a red background and connected molecules in greyish-white.

Apr 25, 2024

Former engineering department head named as CU Boulder chancellor

A former faculty member and department head in the College of Engineering at NC State has been named the chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Justin Schwartz will assume his new role on July 1, leaving his current position as executive vice president and provost at Pennsylvania State University.

photo includes two images. The first shows a bunch of black wires sticking up from a white substrate and leaning right. The second shows the wires leaning left.

Apr 25, 2024

Researchers show it’s possible to teach old magnetic cilia new tricks

Researchers have demonstrated a technique for creating magnetic cilia that can be “reprogrammed” to change the motion of the cilia as needed.